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The Bampton Beam December 2003

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  • 2021

The Bampton Beam used to be produced 3 times a year. This issue is from December 2003. The topics covered and the advertisers include:-
ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Save Our Post Office
Renovation Work in the Market Square
Affordable Housing Needs Survey- questionnaire enclosed
Bampton Village Hall
Bampton ‘250’ Club list of recent winners
St Mary’s, Bampton 21 December, St Beornwald’s Day concert, ‘A European Christmas’
Christmas Services at the Methodist Chapel, St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Carterton and St Mary’s Bampton
Bampton Parish Council News by David Hawkins, Chairman
Affordable Housing Survey
Local Plan Comments
More Work Units in Bampton
Market Square Improvements
Traffic Calming Build-outs
Skateboarding on the Tennis Courts
Protective Clothing
Insurance Liabilities
‘No-one’s’ Land – next to No 18 The Pieces
Poor Drainage by the Surgery
Annual Fair
Recycling Bins
Parish Press Briefing September 2003
Free legal advice over the telephone – Community Legal Advice Service
The West Oxfordshire Nightstop and Prevention Project
Strengthening Industry Links – free training for voluntary and community groups
Training Opportunities – free to voluntary sector organisations
Funding for Children’s Projects
Volunteers needed for The League of Friends of the Churchill Hospital
District Councillors’ Reports
Bampton Fire Station by Mark Booty
New Licensing Laws
New Road Proposals
Housing Needs Survey by Jonathan Phillips
Proposed Bampton Housing Site – reply from West Oxfordshire District Council
Courtesy on the Roads
Age Concern Oxfordshire, City and County
Bampton Tennis Club
Memories of Bampton by Bill Gibson
Bampton Library
Letters and emails to the Editor
Photograph taken circa 1950 outside The Swan, Bampton, with Traction Engine ‘Pandora’ and David Hunt, John Bond, John Quick and Emmie Sollis
Bojangles, our village hairdressing salon expands
Bampton Welfare Trust
Bampton Environmental Watch Group by Ralph Norman
Notice Board
The Bush Club
Bampton Welfare Trust
Bampton the Way it Was, written by Mrs Freda Bailey
Unusual handmade Christmas gifts and crafts sale held by the Transrural Trust
Christmas Concert in aid of Bridewell Organic Gardens
Bampton Youth Centre
Old Birthday Cards Recycled
Out and About – photographs of The Gardening Club Autumn Show, The Gardening Club Goes to Scotland – A Week in Inverness, Remembrance Day and Children in Need Day
The Children’s Society
Bampton Bridge Club
Bampton Ladies Group
Bampton Exhibition Foundation
Cancer Research – Bampton Branch
Feel Good Factor – Volunteer Link-up
The Carers Centre
Bampton French Book Club
Useful Telephone Numbers
Bampton Museum exhibitions
The Bampton Gardening Club – AGM and Proposed Outings for 2004
The Trophy Winners of the Autumn Show
BBC Radio Gardeners’ Question Time – Witney Corn Exchange
The Bampton Classical Opera by Gilly French
Shillbrook Wood by Colin Allport
Out of Work Farmer Turned Agricultural Correspondent by Don Rouse
Spajers News by Don Rouse
The Bampton Mummers
Society for the Protection of Bampton
West Ox Arts, various exhibitions
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Robert Vesey Room Opening Hours
All Jigged Out – an evening of foot-tapping music by Celtic jazz-funk band
The WOA Stair Lift Appeal
Gallery Life Drawing Classes
Bampton Primary School by Richard Pitt, Parent Governor
Slow Living, A New Society for Bampton
Crossword
Town Hall Bookings
Calendar of Events
WODC Holiday Refuse and Recycling Collection Timetable
Samantha Dickson Research Trust Appeal
LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
Matthew Shaw – Handyman
Roger F J Kerswill Photography
Pellmans, solicitors, Eynsham
Systems & Solutions – computer shop
Gray’s Taxis
The Morris Clown
Cotswold Bed & Breakfast
The Appliance Doctor
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmies Newsagents
Philippa Rayne, osteopath, Fiona Farmer physiotherapist and Lesley Mellin, reflexologist and aromatherapist
E Taylor & Son, Funeral Directors, Carterton
Curtain Choice
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
The Robert and Doris Watts Residential & Nursing Home, Carterton
W I Markets, Masonic Hall, Witney
N J Woodley, building maintenance
Temples, DIY, Ironmongery, Paint, Wood, Cement, Sand, Gravel, Toys, Gifts and Candles
A Simmonds, The Old-Fashioned Village Store
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
Tony Hughes, scissor sharpening
DIY Livery, Calais Oak Farm, Bampton
A Bonner, Carpenter/Handyman
Grange Photographic
The Post Office
The Cotton Club
The Horseshoe Inn
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
Bampton Cars
Danetree, veterinary surgeons, Faringdon
N Nurden Motor Body Repairs
P & S Builders
Lynwood Leisure Buildings Ltd
Personal Training – Gail Booth
Oxford Double Glazing, Summertown, Oxford
Grey Gables Garage
Londis, community shop
Logs for sale ring George
Witney Lakes Resort
Domino Menswear, Witney
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
The Standlake Garage
Bojangles Hairdressers
Bodytalk, remedial sports massage
Abbey Properties Estate Agents
The Romany Inn
Electric Vehicles Ltd

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The Bampton Beam August 2002

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  • August 2002

The Bampton Beam used to be produced 3 times a year. This issue is from August 2002 and the topics covered and advertisers include:-

ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Bampton’s Own Special Celebrations for The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Tuesday 4 June 2002
Sports Day by Graham Haslam
Barn Dance
Parish Council and District Council Election 2 May 2002 – results
Bampton Gardening Club organising ‘A Day at the Races’ – Cheltenham Festival
Bampton Village Hall – Annual General Meeting held on 22 April 2002
Bampton ‘250’ Club list of winners
Do You Know What Bampton Youth Are Up To?
Bampton Parish Council News by David Hawkins, Chairman
Golden Jubilee Celebrations
Skate Park
Cycle Path
Coronation Celebrations
Bookings Pavilion & Multisport
WODC Booklet
Bus Services
Bampton Welfare Trust
Befriending – A Two-Way Process
Is Your Home Behaving Badly? – Thames Valley Energy Centre
Big Green Boiler Scheme
Society for the Protection of Bampton
The Bampton Recreation Ground
Bampton-in-the-Bush Cricket Club
Recreation Ground Sporting Activities
Bampton Youth Football Club
Bampton Archery Club
Short Mat Bowls
Bampton Tennis Club
Bampton Town Football Club – photograph circa 1912
The Pavilion
Bampton Town Football Club
The Horseshoes Football Club
Bampton Gun Club
Bampton Weightlifting Club
Bampton Badminton Club
The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Sports Afternoon – Tuesday 4 June 2002 – results of the many races of the day
Remembrances of My Service in the US Army Part 2: Bampton
Photograph of Lt Dick Ford, Saltash 1944
Letters and emails to the Editor
Is Your Electric Blanket Safe? Free safety checks - OCC and WODC
Could You Be A Citizen Advocate?
Volunteer Link-Up
Volunteer Reading Help
Why Not be A Magistrate?
Age Concern, Oxfordshire City and County
SPAJERs News by Don Rouse
Obituary for Margaret Bruce-Mitford
Notice Board
The Bush Club – Helpers Wanted
Bampton Bridge Club
The Children’s Society
Bampton Exhibition Foundation
Red Cross Collection
Coffee Morning for the Coronary Care Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Bampton Youth Club by Colin Allport
Bampton Ladies Group
The Cancer Research Campaign
Bike Path Project by Jo Lewington
Shillbrook Wood
Bampton Museum Group
Bampton Websites
Useful Telephone Numbers
Out and About – photographs of May Day Street Fair, Jubilee Celebrations, Annual Shirt Race, Morris Dancing Day, Jubilee Sports Afternoon, New Road Street Party, Barn Dance
The Garlands by Ruth Wheeler
Bampton Fair – A Short History of Bampton Fair, taken from August 1993 edition of The Bampton Beam
Photographs of Harry Hebborn’s ‘Dodgem Carrier’ and David Sheppard’s Roundabout
The Charter to Hold a Fair
Bampton Environmental Watch Group by Ralph Norman
Obituary for Margaret Howse
We Wear Them With Pride – Remembrance Sunday 10 November 2002
The Ballad of the Great Retreat (September 1914) by Patricia Wentworth
The Gardening Club News
Results of ‘Bampton Only’ competition
The Annual Show – to be held on 24 August 2002
Social Trips for 2002
Letters to Auntie Beam
Bampton Library Books-on-Wheels
Bampton Library and Robert Vesey Room
SPAJERS Donkey Derby Monday 26 August 2002, Sandfords Field, Church View
Out of Work Farmer – Turned Agricultural Correspondent by Don Rouse
Yellow Peril – Beware the Killer Weed Common Ragwort
A Bampton Doctor from the Eighteenth Century by Mike Evans
Flu Vaccine Campaign 2002
The Cookery Corner by Gilly French
The Village College in Bampton
West Ox Arts
Shakespeare in Summer
WOA Calendar of Events
Six in September – a showcase of work by a sextet of WOA members
Christopher Townsend, Gilly Whittington and Terry Wigley
Robert Vesey Room – Exhibitions
Gallery Life Drawing Classes
Crossword
Town Hall Bookings
Calendar of Events
WODC Environmental Services Holiday Refuse Collection Dates
The Bampton Directory 2003

LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
The Morris Clown
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmies Newsagents
Systems & Solutions – computer shop
Abbey Properties Estate Agents
The Romany Inn
Electric Vehicles Ltd
Bampton Cars
The Horseshoe Inn
Philippa Rayne, osteopath, Fiona Farmer physiotherapist and Lesley Mellin, reflexologist and aromatherapist
Danetree, veterinary surgeons, Faringdon
E Taylor & Son, Funeral Directors, Carterton
Curtain Choice
N Nurden, Motor Body Repairs
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
Oxford Double Glazing, Summertown, Oxford
Grey Gables Garage
Londis, community shop
Domino Menswear, Witney
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
The Standlake Garage
Bojangles Hairdressers
Bodytalk, remedial sports massage
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
The Elephant & Castle
The Robert and Doris Watts Residential & Nursing Home, Carterton
Pellmans, solicitors, Eynsham
The Flower Mill
Foxbury Farm, Brize Norton
The Appliance Doctor
Little Chicks Childminders
Live-in Home and Pet Minding Service – Jacqueline and Merv
Don Rouse Cars
N J Woodley, building maintenance
Temples, DIY, Ironmongery, Paint, Wood, Cement, Sand, Gravel, Toys, Gifts and Candles
A Simmonds, The Old-Fashioned Village Store
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
Tony Hughes, scissor sharpening
Witney Lakes Resort
Garden Trading Company
Lynwood Leisure Buildings Ltd

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The Bampton Beam April 2002

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  • April 2002

The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year. This issue is from April 2002. The topics covered and the advertisers include:-

ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Parish Council and District Council Elections 2nd May 2002
Photograph of flooding and Morris Dancers outside the Elephant and Castle 1932
Bampton Riddle
A Skateboard Park for Bampton?
Bampton Village Hall
Bampton ‘250’ Club list of winners
Blood Donor Session Cancelled – by Susan Phillips
Grand Plant Sale
Bampton Methodist Chapel by Linden Burley
The Burford Singers
Magpie Lane Concert in aid of Friends of St Mary’s
The Secret Gardens of Bampton by Ian McLintock
Easter Church Services at St Mary’s
Bampton Parish Council News by David Hawkins, Chairman
Village College
Support for the Post Office
Town Hall – Lift for Disabled
Parking on Pavements
Do Fouling
Golden Jubilee Celebrations
Council Tax Increases
Oxfordshire Special Conservation Award (OSCA) Success
Market Square Improvements
West Oxfordshire District Council News by Jonathan Phillips, District Officer
New Pavilion Manager – Ray Willis appointed
Parish Assembly Meeting
Bampton Classical Opera 19th and 20th July 2002
Farmers’ Market, Monday 6 May 2002
New Bus Timetables
A Bampton Museum? By Jo Lewington
Letters and emails to the Editor
The Bampton Recreation Ground
Bampton-in-the-Bush Cricket Club
The Pavilion
Bampton Youth Football Club
Bampton Archery Club
Short Mat Bowls
Bampton Town Football Club
The Horseshoes Football Club
Bampton Gun Club
Bampton Weightlifting Club
Bampton Badminton Club
Bampton Archery Club
Bampton Tennis Club
Society for the Protection of Bampton
Parent Partnership Oxfordshire
Could you be a Citizen Advocate?
Learning Grant Scheme
Sobell House Hospice Charity
Volunteer Link-Up
Age Concern, Oxfordshire
Remembrances of My Service in the US Army Part1: Panama to Bampton by Dick Ford, US Army 1941 – 1945
May Garlands by Ruth Wheeler
Spajers News by Don Rouse
Minor Injuries Unit at Witney Community Hospital
Notice Board
Still Too Fast – speeding cars
Macmillan Cancer Relief, Bampton, Faringdon and Carterton
The Children’s Society
Bampton Ladies Group
The Cancer Research Campaign
Bampton Youth Centre by Colin Allport
The Bush Club
Flower Guild of St Mary the Virgin, Bampton
Bampton Welfare Trust
Bampton Exhibition Foundation
Bampton Bridge Club
Community Lunches
Bampton Websites
Useful telephone numbers
Out and About – photographs of Bampton and the Bampton Gardening Club
Shillbrook Wood by Colin Allport
Answer to the riddle on front page – photograph of Francis Shergold and Fred Lomas
Thames Travel Bus Timetable
Letters to Auntie Beam
The Gardening Page by Edie Bindweed
The Gardening Club News
Out of Work Farmer Turned Agricultural Correspondent by Don Rouse
Two Very Committed Women of Bampton by Fenella Gray – Hilda Kent and Margaret Howes
Bampton Golden Jubilee Celebrations
David Cameron MP – advice centres across West Oxfordshire
Postwatch Representative – voice of the consumer, Derrick Millard
Bampton Spajers Golden Jubilee 50th Shirt Race
A Decade of Bampton Classical Opera by Gilly French and Jeremy Gray
The Bike Project by Jo Lewington
The Cookery Corner by Gilly French – entertaining on a budget
West Ox Arts
New West Ox Arts Administrator – Abigail Ballinger
Medieval In Minds – Alison Merry and Friends
North Oxfordshire College, Banbury, Exhibition
Exhibitions in the Robert Vesey Room, Bampton Library
An Eye on the East – Hugh Sowden
Gallery Life Drawing Classes
Oxfordshire Arts Week – Open Studio
Crossword
Town Hall Bookings
Calendar of Events
WODC Environmental Services

LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
Oxford Double Glazing, Summertown, Oxford
Grey Gables Garage
Londis, community shop
Garden Trading Company
The Morris Clown
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmies Newsagents
Cotswold Electronics, TV, Video, Audio, Microwave repairs
Lynwood Leisure Buildings Ltd
Bampton Cars
The Horseshoe Inn
N Nurden, Motor Body Repairs
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
Philippa Rayne, osteopath, Fiona Farmer physiotherapist and Lesley Mellin, reflexologist and aromatherapist
Danetree, veterinary surgeons, Faringdon
E Taylor & Son, Funeral Directors, Carterton
Curtain Choice
N J Woodley, building maintenance
Temples, DIY, Ironmongery, Paint, Wood, Cement, Sand, Gravel, Toys, Gifts and Candles
A Simmonds, The Old-Fashioned Village Store
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
Tony Hughes, scissor sharpening
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
The Elephant & Castle
The Robert and Doris Watts Residential & Nursing Home, Carterton
Pellmans, solicitors, Eynsham
The Flower Mill
Foxbury Farm, Brize Norton
The Appliance Doctor
Little Chicks Childminders
Live-in Home and Pet Minding Service – Jacqueline and Merv
Don Rouse Cars
Abbey Properties Estate Agents
The Romany Inn
Electric Vehicles Ltd
Domino Menswear, Witney
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
The Standlake Garage
Bojangles Hairdressers
Bodytalk, remedial sports massage

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The Bampton Beam December 2001

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  • December 2001

The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year and this issue is from December 2001. The topics covered and advertisers incluce:-

ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Yes! The Mosaic’s Coming to Town by Sally Proctor, Administrator for WOA Gallery
Design for the mosaic by Ros Wates to be installed in May 2002 and unveiled 4 June 2002
Bampton Village Hall
Saving Our Services by Jonathan Phillips, District Councillor
Bampton ‘250’ Club list of winners
Bampton Parish Council News by David Hawkins, Chairman
Golden Jubilee Plans
Bampton to Oxford Bus Service
West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011
Litter
Booster Packs for Mobile Phones
Changes on the Allotments
Wish List for Recreation Field
Market Square Mosaic
New Books on Bampton – Bampton Folklore by John Blair and Bampton – The Way it Was by Freda Bradley
The Bampton Website
Start-Up and Expansion Rate Relief Grants – West Oxfordshire District Council
Society for the Protection of Bampton
Bampton Recreation Ground
Bampton Archery Club- Summer of Success by John Hill, Chairman
Bampton-in-the-Bush Cricket Club
Bampton Youth Football
Bampton Tennis Club
Bampton Archery Club
Short Mat Bowls
Bampton Town Football Club
The Horseshoes Football Club
Bampton Gun Club
Bampton Weightlifting Club
Bampton Badminton Club
The Pavilion
Shillbrook Wood by Colin Allport
WODC News by Jonathan Phillips, District Councillor
Fly Posting
Has your car reached the end of its life?
A Thank You to Carers
Elections May 2002
National Poetry Day
Harvest Festival
Schools Clubs
Friends of Bampton School
Letters and emails to the Editor
Volunteer Reading Help
A Challenge for the First Year of the Millennium – West Oxfordshire Citizen Advocacy
Witness Service – Oxford Magistrates’ Court
BT Services
Age Concern, Oxfordshire
Bampton Environmental Watch Group by Margaret Bruce-Mitford
Bike Path Update
Notice Board
HSBC Banking Hours
Bampton Welfare Trust
Bampton Bridge Club
Bampton Exhibition Foundation
West OX Arts Bilbao Trip
Bampton Badminton Club
Bampton Ladies Group
The Bush Centre
Charity Christmas Concert in aid of Bridewell Organic Gardens
The Flower Guild of St Mary the Virgin, Bampton
Cancer Research Campaign – County and Western Dance
Bampton Classical Opera
Our and About this Autumn – a selection of photographs
Annual Pumpkin Club Weigh-in
SPAJERS Donkey Derby
Children in Need Day – the Fire Service and HSBC support
Francis Shergold drawing the raffle
Minor Injuries Unit at Witney Community Hospital
Orinoco – the Oxfordshire scrapstore
Community Lunches
Youth Club
Bampton Websites
Bampton Methodist Chapel by Linden Burley
Bampton 150 years ago by Jonathan Phillips
Advertisement for Administrator for West Ox Arts
Christmas Services during December at St Mary’s and the Methodist Chapel
Thames Travel Bus Service 18 Timetable
Stagecoach Bus Service 19 Timetable
Out of Work Farmer Turned Agricultural Correspondent by Don Rouse
Spajers News by Don Rouse
Donkey Derby, What’s to come in 2002, Josie’s Draw and The Mummers
The Cookery Corner by Gilly French
The Gardening Page by Edie Bindweed
The Gardening Club News
West Ox Arts – crafts for Christmas, exhibitions and life drawing classes
Words of the Century by Jimmy Symonds
Robert Vesey Room, Bampton Library
Crossword
Town Hall Bookings
Calendar of Events
WODC Environmental Services – Holiday Refuse Collection Timetables

LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
Ceramics, Picture & Frame Restoration – Angie Bell
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
Philippa Rayne, osteopath, Fiona Farmer physiotherapist and Lesley Mellin, reflexologist and aromatherapist
Danetree, veterinary surgeons, Faringdon
Curtain Choice
Don Rouse Cars
The Gingerbread Kitchen – classes for 4 year olds and upwards
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
The Robert and Doris Watts Residential & Nursing Home, Carterton
Pellmans, solicitors, Eynsham
Community Care
Oxford Double Glazing
The Appliance Doctor
E Taylor & Son, Funeral Directors, Carterton
The Flower Mill
Grey Gables Garage
Londis, community shop
Walton Accountants
Foxbury Farm, Brize Norton
N J Woodley, building maintenance
A Simmonds, The Old-Fashioned Village Store
Temples, DIY, Ironmongery, Paint, Wood, Cement, Sand, Gravel, Toys, Gifts and Candles
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
Tony Hughes, scissor sharpening
Domino Menswear, Witney
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
The Standlake Garage
Bojangles Hairdressers
Bodytalk, remedial sports massage
Wychwood Design – furniture
Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company
Abbey Properties Estate Agents
Cotswold Electronics, TV, Video, Audio, Microwave repairs
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmies Newsagents
Electric Vehicles Ltd

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Bampton celebrates the Diamond Jubilee 2012

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  • 2012

Bampton celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II over 4 days at the beginning of June 2012. These are a few of the reports of some of the events which took place.

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The Bampton Beam August 2001

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  • August 2001

The Bampton Beam used to be produce three times a year and distributed to every household. This issue is from August 2001. The topics covered and the advertisers are :-

ARTICLES AND NOTICES
The Shillbrook Wood by Colin Allport
Bampton Village Hall
Remembrance Sunday
Bampton ‘250’ Club
Bampton Parish Council News by David Hawkins, Chairman
Market Square Improvement
Loss of Bampton Facilities
New Seats Around Bampton
Renting the Pavilion
Improvements to the Recreation Ground
Vandalism – Pembroke Place Playground
More Low Cost Houses for Bampton
H.M. The Queen’s Golden Jubilee 2002
Award for Bampton Primary School – DFEE Achievement Award for Excellence
An Unsolicited Opinion - toilets in Town Hall are in a pleasingly clean condition
Bampton Website
West Oxfordshire District Council News – proof of age cards for 16 – 18 year olds
Start Up and Expansion Rate Relief Grants – West Oxfordshire District Council
Responsible Waste Collection Services That Do Not Cost The Earth by Jonathan Phillips, District Councillor
Volunteer Link-Up
Letters and Emails to the Editor
Wychwood Forest Fair by Ken Betteridge, Chairman of the Friends of Wychwood
Bampton Environmental Watch Group by Margaret Bruce-Mitford
Stress-Free for Bampton Based Company – CUS Busting Ltd nominated for for the Oxfordshire Business of the Year Awards 2001
News from Bampton Primary School by Jenny McCardle
May Garlands by Mrs Ruth Wheeler
Notice Board
Guide Dogs for the Blind
Bampton Welfare Trust
Foxbury Farm Shop
The British Red Cross ‘Open Gardens at Cote’
Bampton Bridge Club
The Bush Centre
Bampton Exhibition Foundation
Bampton Badminton Club
Bampton Ladies Group
Cancer Research Campaign
Activities Held in the Recreation Ground this Summer
Out And About This Spring
Pumpkin Club Street Fair
The May Queen and her attendants
The Morris Dancers
Visitors from Belgium
The Morris Clown hosts the Morris Men
The May Garlands
The Great Shirt Race
Enjoying an evening out at the Shirt Race – our new MP David Cameron and his wife Samantha
Madcap Comedy Comes to Town from the Arts Development Team
Job vacancy for part-time Youth Worker
Letters to Auntie Beam
The Gardening Page by Edie Bindweed
A Guide to getting started with composting
The Gardening Club News
The Annual Garden Club Show
Coffee Mornings and Forthcoming Trips
Society for the Protection of Bampton
Minor Injuries Unit, Witney Community Hospital
P C Steve Patrick 22 Years’ Service with Thames Valley Police
Did anyone see it? Elderly People Crossing (spoof) sign - photograph
Spajers News by Don Rouse
Chain Reaction Bampton Bike Path News
Out of Work Farmer – Turned Agricultural Correspondent by Don Rouse
In and Around the Local Ales Houses in Bampton – Taken from Bampton Website
The Talbot, Market Square
The Bell, Market Square
Fleur de Lis, High Street
New Inn, High Street -formerly The George, renamed The Morris Clown in 1976
The Swan, Fisher’s Bridge
George and Dragon, Cheapside
The Lamb, Cheapside
Masons’ Arms, Church View – name changed to The Eagle
The Horseshoe, Bridge Street
The Fish, Bridge Street, later renamed The Wheatsheaf
Elephant and Castle, Bridge Street
The Malt Shovel
The Plough
The Jubilee
The Alan Clarke Challenge – photo competition
Photographs of pubs and landlords
West Ox Arts – In the Gallery
WOA Trip Spring 2002
Robert Vesey Room
WOA Highlights April – June 2001 by Margaret Bruce-Mitford
Spliterati -01 – International Ply-Split Braiding Competition
Workshops
The Cookery Corner by Gilly French
Community Lunches
Crossword
Town Hall Bookings
Friends of St Mary’s Magpie Lane Concert
St Mary’s Services
Methodist Chapel Services
The Drop-In
Calendar of Events
Bampton Websites
Bampton Gardening Club Annual Show
SPAJERS Donkey Derby

LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
Abbey Properties – Estate Agents
Cotswold Electronics, TV, Video, Audio and Microwave Repairs
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmie’s Newsagents
Electric Vehicles Ltd
Domino Menswear, Witney
The Standlake Garage
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
Angie Bell, Ceramics, Picture and Frame Restoration
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
Don Rouse Cars
Danetree, Veterinary Surgeons
Curtain Choice
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
The Gingerbread Kitchen
George Williams, Carpenter and Home Improver
Grey Gables Garage
Londis, Community Shop
Pellmans, Solicitors
Community Care
Oxford Double Glazing
The Appliance Doctor
E Taylor & Son, Funeral Directors
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
Robert and Doris Watts Residential and Nursing Home
Temples, DIY, Ironmongery, Paint, Wood, Cement, Sand, Gravel, Toys, Gifts, Candles, Gardening Equipment
Profiles Hairdressers
Philippa Rayne, osteopath, Fiona Farmer, physiotherapist, Lesley Mellin, reflexologist and acupuncture
Foxbury Farm Shop
Body Talk remedial and sports massage
Body Talk Beauty Salon
Tony Hughes – scissors sharpening service
Wychwood Design, furniture
N J Woodley, building maintenance
A Simmonds, the old-fashioned village store
Argosy Blinds

Bampton Community Archive

The Bampton Beam April 2001

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  • April 2001

The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year and a copy given to every household. This issue is from April 2001. The topics covered and the advertisers include :-

ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Bampton Fire Service – Once Again It’s Crew It Or Lose It
Retirement after 30 years – Sub-Officer Brian Kew receives his long service certificate from Station Officer Nick Bateman
Thank you from the Pearce Family
Bampton Village Hall
Bampton 250 Club
Friends of St Mary’s, Supper, Wine and Music
Grant for Repairs
Magpie Lane Concert
Bampton Parish Council News
Dumping in local lay-bys
Council Tax Increases
Kebab Van in Market Square
Bampton Website
Part-time Groundsman required for Recreation Ground
Town Hall repairs
Jubilee Appeal
Death of Iris Humphries
The Bampton Beat by PC Steve Patrick
A Glimpse of Old Bampton by Alan Hardy, Oxford Archaeological Unit
The Jubilee Inn
International Day of Culture
Letters and emails to the Editor
Bampton Women’s Institute
Let the Women Come Forward – Memorial to the Women of World War 2
Children’s Cookery Hits Bampton – The Gingerbread Kitchen
West Oxfordshire Citizen Advocacy
Volunteer Advisers Wanted
Volunteer Link-up
The Carers Centre
Useful telephone numbers
Age Concern, Oxfordshire
Bampton Environmental Watch Group by Margaret Bruce-Mitford
Grant through Oxfordshire Rural Transport Partnership Delegate Fund
The Oxfordshire Youth Mentoring Scheme
Bampton Millennium Motorcycle Club by Dick Turpin
Bike Path Update by Jo Lewington
Grand Plant Sale
The Chain Reaction Cycling Club
The Farmers’ Market – local produce stall
Bampton Recreation Ground – Fixtures 2001 Season
The Pavilion
Planting Trees for New Wood
Bampton Youth Football Club
Bampton Tennis Club
Bampton Archery Club
Bampton-in-the-Bush Cricket Club
Short Mat Bowls
A Visit to Bampton School by Jo Lewington
Bampton Primary School and the Junior Church by Mrs M Battersby
Thank you from Alan Dunbar
Notice Board
Bampton Bridge Club
The Bush Centre
Recycling
Bampton Welfare Trust
Bampton Exhibition Foundation
Bampton Badminton Club
Community Lunches
The Burford Singers
Short Courses in Information Technology at Oxford Brookes University
Bampton Ladies Group
Cancer Research Campaign
Raising the Roof for Sobell by Keith G Share
Joining up and Joining In – grant scheme launched by Save the Children
Youth Club
Bike Path News
Out of Work Farmer Turned Agricultural Correspondent by Don Rouse
The Spajers by Don Rouse
West Oxfordshire Farmers’ Market
Society for the Protection of Bampton
Bikepath Project Produce and Plant Sale
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust
Living Churchyard and Cemetery Project
Gardeners Wildlife Challenge
Sustainable Living
Community Conservation Project
Bampton Pumpkin Club, the Annual Weigh-in and Auction
The Gardening Page by Edie Bindweed
The Gardening Club News
Coffee Mornings and Forthcoming Trips
Spliterati -01 - A World First for Bampton by Ann Norman
Bampton Library and Robert Vesey Room
Bampton Classical Opera by Gilly French
The Alan Clarke Challenge – Photo Competition
The Cookery Corner by Gilly French
West Ox Arts, A Sense of Peace, Artweeks and Captured Light
Workshops
Mosaic News
WOA Highlights by Margaret Bruce-Mitford
Start-Up and Expansion Rate Relief Grants – West Oxfordshire District Council
Crossword
Minor Injuries Unit at Witney Community Hospital
Bampton Websites
Town Hall Bookings
The Annual Street Fair
Great Shirt Race
Donkey Derby
Morris Dancing and Craft Fair

LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
Domino Menswear, Witney
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
The Standlake Garage
Abbey Properties, Estate Agents
Cotswold Electronics, TV, Video, Audio and Microwave repairs
Bampton Fax Bureau and Emmies Newsagents
Electric Vehicles Ltd
George Williams – Carpenter and Home Improver
Grey Gables Garage, Curbridge
Londis, Community Shop
Pellmans Solicitors
Oxford Double Glazing
Community Care
The Appliance Doctor
E Taylor & Son, Funeral Directors
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
The Robert and Doris Watts Residential and Nursing Home
Temples, DIY, Ironmongery, Paint, Wood, Cement, Sand, Gravel, Toys, Gifts, Candles, Gardening Equipment, Seeds and Compost
Don Rouse Cars
Profiles, Hairdressers
Philippa Rayne, osteopath, Fiona Farmer, physiotherapist, Lesley Mellin, reflexologist and aromatherapist
Danetree, veterinary surgeons, Faringdon
Curtain Choice
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
The Gingerbread Kitchen, cookery classes for 4 year olds upwards
Wychwood Design, Brize Norton
Angie Bell, Ceramics, Picture & Frame Restoration
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
Theatre Express Performing Arts Schools and Theatre Company
N J Woodley, Building Maintenance
A Simmonds, The Old-Fashioned Village Store
Argosy Blinds

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The Bampton Beam August 2000

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The Bampton Beam used to be produced 3 times a year and a free copy given to every household. This issue is from August 2000. The topics covered and the advertisers include:-

ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Bampton’s Services See Expansion – weekend social bus to Oxford and HSBC enhances its services
Bampton Village Hall
Bampton 250 Club
Bampton Methodist Chapel
St Mary’s Junior Church
Bampton Parish Council News by David Hawkins, Chairman
Market Square Developments
Farmers’ Markets
New Houses to be built behind the Fire Station
Pollution of stream at Mill Green
Tenant Steering Group by Theresa Mallett
Secret Gardens of Bampton by Jonathan Phillips
The Bampton Recreation Ground
Bampton Boys’ FC ‘The Bees’
English Short Mat Bowling
The Pavilion
Bampton-in-the-Bush Cricket Club
Nostalgia Corner – 50th anniversary of Steam Day at Appleford – photo of John Quick with his traction engine ‘Pandora’ Also in photo is Mrs Sollis, David Hunt and John Bond
Society for the Protection of Bampton
A Woodland for Bampton by Colin Allport
‘E’s a good ole boy – A Profile of Don Rouse by some Lew neighbours
The Cubs
Youth Club
Launch of new 37 mile walk through Wychwood
Bampton Millennium Motorcycle Club
Winners of the May Garlands – Gregory and Ian Davis
Photo of children waiting for the judging of the May Garlands to begin
The Carers’ Centre
Raising the Roof for Sobell House Hospice
Could you help a child read?
Local older people’s panels
Local Bobbies Conquer the 3 Peaks by PC Steve Patrick – with photos
Bampton’s Roads are Safe – Official
Craig Hawcutt awarded a David Beckham Crystal Power Bracelet given out by the Daily Star newspaper
Letters to the Editor
Poem – The Lavendonians by H R Hallam
Notice Board
The Children’s Society
Bampton Bridge Club
The Bush Centre
Recycling
Around the World in Eighty Days – an outdoor spectacular – free family show
Bampton Welfare Trust
Bampton Badminton Club
The Pumpkin Club Bingo and Whist Drive
The Pumpkin Club Weigh-In
Canasta
SPAJERS
West Oxfordshire Conservative Association
The Problem – Resolved? Bus and taxi services
The Cost of your Car
News from Bampton School – Children win National Award for Millennium Art Project
Out of Work Farmer Turned Agricultural Correspondent by Don Rouse
An Environmental Disaster is Happening in Oxfordshire – by Miss M D Harris, County Welfare Officer (Ragwort)
Can you tell a fox scat from an owl pellet? Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust
SPAJERs News by Don Rouse
Photo of spoof sign – Bampton twinned with Las Vegas
Bike Path Update by Jo Lewington
The Bush Centre by Fenella Gray – with photos
Letters to Auntie Beam
Bampton Environmental Watch Group
The Burford Singers
The Gardening Page by Edie Bindweed
Bampton Gardening Club
West Ox Arts news and highlights
The Robert Vesey Room
Millennium Project
Workshops and WEA Literature Course
The Cookery Corner by Gilly French
Farmers’ Market Comes to Bampton by Louise Taylor, Environmental Project Officer, WODC
Crossword
Town Hall bookings
Re-cycling banks
Diary of Forthcoming Events
Minor Injuries Unit at Witney Community Hospital

LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
George Williams – carpenter and home improver
Londis community shop
Pellmans Solicitors, Eynsham
Marriotts Coal Merchants
Community Care
The Appliance Doctor
E Taylor & Son, Funeral Directors
Beamtech, video, TV and monitoring services
Patrick Strainge, butchers
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
Grey Gables Garage
Select Blinds
Temples, DIY, Ironmongery, Paint, Wood, Cement, Sand, Gravel, Toys, Gifts, Candles and Gardening Equipment
Profiles Hairdressers
Philippa Rayne, osteopath, Fiona Geary, physiotherapist, Lesley Mellin, reflexologist and aromatherapist
Don Rouse Cars
Curtain Choice
Danetree Veterinary Surgeons, Faringdon
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
The Gingerbread Kitchen – cookery classes for 4 year olds upwards
N J Woodley building maintenance
A Simmonds, the Old-Fashioned Village Store
Argosy Blinds
Abbey Properties Estate Agents
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmie’s Newsagents
Chennells Hairdressers
Electric Vehicles
Domino Menswear, Witney
The Standlake Garage
R Cooper, builders, painters, decorators, carpentry, joinery, dry stone walling

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The Bampton Beam December 1997

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  • December 1997

The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year. This issue is from December 1997. The topics covered and the advertisers are :-

ARTICLES AND NOTICES
The Library Needs Your Help – use it or lose it forever…
Robert Vesey Room
Vision of the Future – housing planning news
Bampton Village Hall by Susan Phillips
Treasure Island – Oxfordshire Touring Company
Friends of St Mary’s Christmas Quiz
Church Services at Christmas
Friends of St Mary’s Update
Christmas Greetings from 1944 – card sent to Mrs Edie Quick from her sister Mrs Louie Weston’s husband Tom who was in the army in Italy
Remembrance in Bampton
Bampton’s Traffic Calming Scheme Overwhelmingly Approved by Residents by Roger Howard, Parish Councillor
Witney and District Carers
Bampton Carers Group
Minibus
Carers Week
Carers Christmas Party
Health Helpline targets people in rural areas
Dialability and the Disabled Living Centre
West Oxon Citizen Advocacy
Oxfordshire children needing your help – Family Placement Teas
Architecture Around Bampton, written and drawn by Gilbert Marsh
Do you want a crime free village? Village Watch scheme
What’s Been and What’s to Come?
Bampton Gardening Club
The SPAJERS
Bampton Pumpkin Club
District Council News from Jonathan Phillips
North East Carterton Development
North East Witney Development
Oxfordshire County Council Structure Plan 1996-2011
Planning Appeals
District Council Budgets 1998/99
Youth Club under threat
Bampton Bill – cartoon
Local Bampton Man, Tim Green in Three Day RAC Rally
Bampton Recreation Ground
Bampton Boys FC, ‘The Bees’
Bampton Tennis Club
Bampton-in-the-Bush Cricket Club
Basketball
Bampton Cubs and Scouts
Notice Board
Bampton Bush Centre
Amnesty International
Bampton Exhibition Foundation
Whist Drive – Bampton Fire Service
Bampton Gardening Club
The Bampton Appraisal
Guess who has had a driving licence for 70 years in December? Answer in April’s issue of The Beam
The Burford Singers
Clanfield Historical Society
Bampton Pre-School Playgroup
Bampton Small Business Association
Bampton Youth Centre
Bampton Welfare Trust
Macmillan Cancer Relief, Bampton, Faringdon and Carterton
The Children’s Society
The Mummers are about once more at Christmas – beware, by Don Rouse
Use Them or Lose Them Campaign – support local small businesses
“Posh Spice”, The Food Page by Gilly French
Letters to the Editor
Great Response to Fire Alarm – three new fire fighters have qualified for duty
Bampton author’s new book, ‘Can Anyone See Bermuda’ by A S Jackson to be published by Cirrus Association in December
Volunteer Link-Up
Letters to Auntie Beam
Gardening Life by ‘Edie Bindweed’
Bampton Methodist Chapel
A Farewell to Mr Temple – John Temple closed his hardware store in the Market Place on 21 November 1997 and has retired to a well-earned rest in Ampney Orchard
Pumpkin Club Bingo
Out of Work Farmer -Turned Agriculture Correspondent – by Don Rouse
West Oxfordshire Arts Association News and Events
Crossword
Volunteer Reading Help
Diary of Forthcoming Events
Bampton Directory 1997
Support Bampton Facilities – The Library needs your help!

LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
Temple's Bampton Ltd, Builders Merchants, Hardware, Fancy Goods and Toys
G A J Soame & Associates, planning consultancy and architecture and property services
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
Chennells, hairdressers
Grey Gables Garage
Farmington Stone
Edby Vines, producers of English Wines and Vine Supplier
Market Square Garage
N Woodley, building maintenance
The Appliance Doctor
Philippa Rayne, osteopath, Lesley Mellin, reflexologist/aromatherapist, Fiona Geary, physiotherapist
E Taylor & Son, funeral directors
Adrian Dunsby, carpenter
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmie’s Newsagents
Curtain Choice
Bampton Small Business Association Late Night Shopping and Craft Fair
Community Care
Beamtech video, TV and Monitor Services
The Crop Shop Too, hairdressers
R Cooper, builders, painters, carpentry, joinery, general repairs and dry stone walling
Theatre Express Performing Arts Schools and Theatre Company
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
Bubbles dog grooming
Danetree veterinary surgeons
Londis community shop
Abbey Properties, estate agents
The Romany Inn
A Simmonds, the old-fashioned village store
Electric Vehicles Ltd
Homers mobile vehicle repairs and servicing

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